From e5a51ba6c2eb3b753cc2c841c1e6c8a5aecdbd05 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: John <j@soft.fish>
Date: Thu, 16 Jan 2025 21:01:28 -0600
Subject: [PATCH] cl-structures: add `to_ref` associated function on `Interned`
 type, for non-borrowing conversion

---
 compiler/cl-structures/src/intern.rs | 5 +++++
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)

diff --git a/compiler/cl-structures/src/intern.rs b/compiler/cl-structures/src/intern.rs
index 5c04d8b..1858e3e 100644
--- a/compiler/cl-structures/src/intern.rs
+++ b/compiler/cl-structures/src/intern.rs
@@ -35,6 +35,11 @@ pub mod interned {
         pub fn as_ptr(interned: &Self) -> *const T {
             interned.value
         }
+
+        /// Gets the internal value as a reference with the interner's lifetime
+        pub fn to_ref(interned: &Self) -> &'a T {
+            interned.value
+        }
     }
 
     impl<T: ?Sized + Debug> Debug for Interned<'_, T> {